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Martis, 22 Aprilis, 14° Car.

Prayers.

Leave of Absence.

ORDERED, That Sir William Doyley have the
Leave of this House to go into the Country.

Transported Loyalists.

Ordered, That the Committee to whom the Bill against
Stealing of Children and Servants was committed (who,
by Order of the Eleventh of April Instant, were to consider of the Enlarging and Bringing home of those that,
for their Loyalty, were transported into Foreign Plantations), do likewise consider of the Case and Sufferings of
such as, for their Service and Loyalty to his Majesty, or
his Royal Father, were transported to such Foreign Plantations, and are already returned, as well as those that are
yet beyond the Seas; and to report the Matter of Fact to
this House; with their Opinion, for their Relief.

Flax and Hemp.

A Bill for sowing Flax and Hemp, was this Day read
the First time.

Ordered, That this Bill be read the Second time Tomorrow.

Navy and Ordnance Carriages.

A Bill for providing Carriage by Land and by Water,
for his Majesty's Army and Navy, was this Day read the
Second time.

Pilchard Fishing.

An Amendment, sent from the Lords, to the Bill for
regulating the Pilchard Fishing in the West, was read,
and agreed to.

Ordered, That the Bill be amended accordingly.

Customs, &c.

Ordered, That the Amendments, sent from the Lords,
to the Bill for regulating the Customs; and also the Report from the Committee, touching the Officers Fees;
be taken into Consideration the first publick Business
To-morrow Morning.

Uniformity of Worship.

The House then proceeded upon the Amendment to
the Bill of Uniformity.

The Paragraph in the Parchment, marked N° 1, as
to the Penalties not to extend to Foreigners, or Aliens of
the Foreign Reformed Churches, was read the Second
time; and agreed to.

The rest of the Paragraphs and Provisoes, to the End
of the said Parchment, were read the Second time; and,
upon the Question, agreed to.

The House then proceeded to the Reading of the Second Sheet of the Amendments, sent from the Lords,
to the Bill of Uniformity.

And the Amendment to the Eighth Line of the Third
Skin being Twice read;

Resolved, That these Words, "Archbishop of the
Province," be inserted in the said Amendment, after the
Words "by the," in the Eighth Line; and the Word
"Archbishop," after the Word "said," in the Eleventh
Line.

And the said Amendment, with the Additions aforesaid, was agreed to.

The Amendment to the Ninth Line was twice read;
and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Thirteenth Line of the Third
Skin was twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The next Amendment to the Twenty-sixth Line was
twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Twenty-seventh Line was
twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment of the Twenty-eighth Line, and the
Proviso directed by way of Amendment, marked N° 2,
were twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth
Line was twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Thirty-seventh Line, being
twice read; was, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Fortieth Line was read.

Ordered, That the Word "are," be inserted betwixt
the Word "and," and the Word "hereby," in that
Amendment.

Resolved, That the Amendment, so altered, be agreed to.

The next Amendment, to the One-and-fortieth Line
was read the Second time; and, upon the Question,
agreed to.

The next Amendment to Forty-second Line was read
the Second time; and the Provisoes, marked N° 3, directed, by Way of Amendment, to be inserted instead of
the Words "which are to be omitted," were read the Second and Third time; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Twenty-seventh Line of the
Fourth Skin was read the Second time; and, on the
Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Twenty-eighth Line of the
Fourth Skin was twice read; and, upon the Question,
agreed to.

The Amendment to the Twenty-ninth Line of the
Fourth Skin was read the Second time; and, upon the
Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the One-and-thirtieth Line was
twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Thirty-seventh Line being,
after the Word "Authority," to leave out the rest of the
Bill; and add the Provisoes beginning "Provided also,
and be it Enacted," and marked N° 4.

The rest of the Bill, after the Word "Authority,"
being twice read;

Resolved, upon the Question, That the same be left
out of the Bill.

The said Provisoes in the Parchment, N° 4, were read
the Second time.

The First Paragraph of the said Provisoes in Parchment, "for providing the Book of Common Prayer in
every Parish, &c." being read the Third time;

Resolved, upon the Question, That this House doth
agree to the said Paragraph.

A Proviso by way of Amendment, touching the Prices
to be set on the Book of Common Prayer, was read.

Ordered, That Liberty be given to bring in a Proviso,
such as shall be fit for setting the Rates on the Quires
of the Book of Common Prayer in Folio, to be used in
Churches and public Places: And Mr. Pryn, Dr. Birkinhead, Sir Edmund Peirce, and Dr. Burwell, to bring
it in.

The next Paragraph, touching the King's Professor
of the Law in the University of Oxford, was read the
Third time; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Fourth Paragraph, touching the Subscription to
the Thirty-sixth Article of the Thirty-nine Articles, was
read the Third time; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Proviso, as to the Dispensation with Deprivation
for not using the Cross and Surplice, was read the Second
and Third time.

The Question being put, Whether the Question concerning Amendments to be made to this Proviso, should
be now put;

It passed in the Negative.

The main Question being put, For agreeing with the
Lords as to this Proviso concerning the Cross and Surplice;

It passed in the Negative.

And then the House adjourned till Thursday
Morning next, at Eight of the Clock.